I like how he points out that nerds don't want to be popular. I have to agree. I was certainly a D-tabler, or something close to it, by my nerdiness and willingness to hang out with the freaks. However, because of the way my school worked, many of the A- and B-tablers were pretty smart and were in many of the honors classes I took. I remember listening to the conversations that they had and thinking, "How terribly boring! Nothing they're talking about sounds like fun." It didn't seem interesting to be popular. It didn't seem worth the energy to talk about the things they were talking about and do the things they were doing.
I probably lost out on a number of things because of that. Many of the A- and B-tablers were involved in things like Key Club and other student organizations that would have helped me prepare for the Really, Real World. Nerds have a tendency to withdraw, focusing on what they're interested in, and not what might be important to actually make their way outside of high school. Working with some of those organizations might have helped me understand how to network and impress certain important facts upon me a lot sooner than jumping into the workplace and learning on the fly did.Ebony the Black Dragon
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I probably lost out on a number of things because of that. Many of the A- and B-tablers were involved in things like Key Club and other student organizations that would have helped me prepare for the Really, Real World. Nerds have a tendency to withdraw, focusing on what they're interested in, and not what might be important to actually make their way outside of high school. Working with some of those organizations might have helped me understand how to network and impress certain important facts upon me a lot sooner than jumping into the workplace and learning on the fly did.Ebony the Black Dragon
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."